Kelley v. Kelley

The plaintiffs and defendants are the children and heirs at law of Rhoda Kelley, who died October 9, 1917. The father of the parties, Charles Kelley, died in the year 1890. He was the owner of considerable land, and by his will left a 40-acre tract to each of his 9 children, and a farm of 320 acres to his widow. Before his death, he had also deeded another 80-acre tract to his son, the defendant herein. Charles Kelley was a man of intemperate habits and violent temper, which resulted in breaking up the family home. The defendant, commonly spoken of in the record as Michael, or Mike, went to…